probes::LDAP(3)

NAME
probes::LDAP - a LDAP probe for SmokePing

OVERVIEW
Measures LDAP search latency for SmkoePing

SYNOPSYS
 *** Probes ***
 + LDAP

 passwordfile = /usr/share/smokeping/etc/password # optional
 sleeptime = 0.5 # optional, 1 second by default

 *** Targets ***

 probe = LDAP

 + PROBE_CONF
 port = 389 # optional
 version = 3 # optional
 start_tls = 1 # disabled by default
 timeout = 60 # optional

 base = dc=foo,dc=bar # optional
 filter = uid=testuser # the actual search
 attrs = uid,someotherattr

 # if binddn isn't present, the LDAP bind is unauthenticated
 binddn = uid=testuser,dc=foo,dc=bar
 password = mypass # if not present in <passwordfile>

DESCRIPTION
This probe measures LDAP query latency for SmokePing. The query is specified by the target-specific variable `filter' and, optionally, by the target-specific variable `base'. The attributes queried can be specified in the comma-separated list `attrs'.

The TCP port of the LDAP server and the LDAP version to be used can be specified by the variables `port' and `version'.

The probe can issue the starttls command to convert the connection into encrypted mode, if so instructed by the `start_tls' variable. It can also optionally do an authenticated LDAP bind, if the `binddn' variable is present. The password to be used can be specified by the target-specific variable `password' or in an external file. The location of this file is given in the probe-specific variable `passwordfile'. See probes::passwordchecker(3pm) for the format of this file (summary: colon-separated triplets of the form `<host>:<bind-dn>:<password>')

The probe tries to be nice to the server and sleeps for the probe-specific variable `sleeptime' (one second by default) between each authentication request.

AUTHOR
Niko Tyni <ntyni@iki.fi>

BUGS
There should be a way of specifying TLS options, such as the certificates involved etc.

The probe has an ugly way of working around the fact that the IO::Socket::SSL class complains if start_tls() is done more than once in the same program. But It Works For Me (tm).